Strong's G3784

ὀφείλω(opheílō)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty

Derivation

probably from the base of G3786 (ὄφελος) (through the idea of accruing);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, ὀφείλω is translated as: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.